Happy Sunday! Quick, touch your nose: do you exist? One of the STEM/STEAM links this morning is about a discovery that our universe should not exist. Except we do exist. There’s also a few links about a recent drilling expedition to the Earth’s mantle. Google has built a robot that can outplay humans at ping pong. Mayonnaise has led to a nuclear fusion discovery. And there’s a few more fun quirky links to enjoy.
Scientists Discovered Something Kinda Alarming: The Universe Shouldn’t Actually Exist
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a61816635/science-suggests-universe-shouldnt-exist/
Record-breaking drill core reaches 1.2 kilometres into Earth’s mantle
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2443192-record-breaking-drill-core-reaches-1-2-kilometres-into-earths-mantle/
First rocks recovered from Earth’s mantle
https://www.popsci.com/science/earth-mantle-rocks/
Watch Google’s ping pong robot beat humans at their own game
https://www.popsci.com/technology/google-table-tennis-robot/
Physicists solve nuclear fusion mystery with mayonnaise
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/nuclear-energy/physicists-solve-nuclear-fusion-mystery-with-mayonnaise
Study observes that similarities between physical and biological systems might be greater than we think
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-similarities-physical-biological-greater.html
Space-Based Solar Power Gets Practical
https://spectrum.ieee.org/space-based-solar-power-2668897407